LOS ANGELES — Award-winning director of photography Jim Bagdonas has embraced remote collaboration, but notes that the secret sauce that makes the process work is personal relationships.

February 5, 2016

Over the last year I’ve been asked to review quite a few mobile and desktop workstations. From Dell to HP to more DIY custom workstations by Cerise, they have all been monsters in terms of power and s ...

February 4, 2016

Let’s be honest: There is so much competition for your professional dollars that it’s often hard to choose who or what gets your attention. The market is over-saturated with plug-ins vying for your at ...

February 4, 2016

In the Heart of the Sea is a literal whale of a tale. The story is inspired by the 1851 classic novel “Moby-Dick” by Herman Melville, which recounts the obsessive quest of a sea captain hell-bent on r ...

January 25, 2016

Virtual Reality is still in the “Wild West’ era, for both filmmakers and studio service providers. Post recently connected with pros on both fronts. Hugh McGrory is the CEO/founder of Datavized, and w ...

January 21, 2016

Editors are constantly running into audio problems that seem almost impossible to solve in the edit room. Lack of room tone can make frankenbites sound atrocious. Plosives and bad mics force us to fin ...

January 18, 2016

Over the years I’ve been asked many times to review workstations, from Dell’s Precision series of mobile workstations to HP’s leading workstation workhorse the z840. I don’t think I’ve met a mainstrea ...

January 15, 2016

BEVERLY HILLS — Lon Bender was up earlier than usual on January 14th, to be on-site at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills by 5:30am. That’s when the 88th Annual Academy Awards nominees were a ...

January 15, 2016

BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Mark Mangini of Hollywood’s Formosa Group was at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater when the 88th Annual Oscar nominees were announced on the morning of Thursday, January 14th. In addition ...

January 14, 2016

CHICAGO – Given the technology driving today’s 3D animated content, some might be surprised by how much traditional hand-drawn techniques still remain an integral part of the process. At least it is f ...

January 12, 2016